Posts Tagged November
Archive
September 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Litcrawl 2018: Program Announced
Litcrawl is back for 2018 – Wellington’s coolest little literary festival is now five. This year there’ll be the classic Saturday night crawl and the full program is extended out to included events over four days rather than the usual two-to-three… Journalists, poets, songwriters, novelists, memoirists, essayists, cartoonists, storytellers…almost any and all type of writer and writing […]Archive
January 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: Album Reviews from 2017’s Final Quarter
I am not writing as many album reviews as I used to – 2013, 2014, 2015 and even 2016 were all very big years for album-review writing for me. I wrote hundreds. Sometimes 40 or 50 a month. For many reasons I’m not doing anywhere near that now – I have a weekly podcast I’m […]Archive
October 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 86 – Claire Mabey & Andrew Laking (Pirate & Queen)
Welcome to episode 86 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This is a conversation with Claire Mabey and Andrew Laking (aka Pirate & Queen), they are event organisers, and the co-creators/directors of Wellington’s coolest little literary festival, Litcrawl. We talk about their backgrounds (Claire’s a book-nerd and has worked […]Archive
October 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Father: Theatre
The Father Direction: Ross Jolly (written by Florian Zeller; translated by Christopher Hampton) Circa Theatre; Circa One (Oct 14 – Nov 11) The Father manages that rare feat: to be profoundly moving and deeply, often darkly, hilarious. Florian Zeller’s script is a masterpiece, the writing just about perfect, an examination of the cruelty of aging […]Archive
October 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Brötzmann/Leigh: NZ Tour (Nov/Dec 2017)
Altmusic and the Audio Foundation are proud to present a nationwide tour of renowned saxophone/pedal steel guitar duo, Brötzmann / Leigh. Peter Brötzmann is a living legend of improvised music who has embodied the leading edge of the European avant-garde for over 50 years, challenging audiences and convention alike with a relentless intensity. On pedal […]Archive
September 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Bic Runga: Drive 20th Anniversary Tour (Oct/Nov 2017)
Bic Runga’s classic debut album, Drive turned 20 last month. I still have my original CD copy, signed by Runga when she visited the music store I had, at that time, just started working in – I’d been there a matter of just a few weeks. And she was a big, important star on the […]Archive
August 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Marky Ramone’s Blitzkreig: NZ Tour (Nov/Dec, 2017)
This November will herald the return of true punk rock royalty to our shores, Marky Ramone. Marky is one of the last remaining members of The Ramones, and the one with the longest lineage, having handled skins duties for the formative punk outfit between 1978 to 1983 and again from 1987 until 1996. An original denizen of […]Archive
August 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
GZA: NZ Tour (Nov, 2017)
Wu-Tang Clan founding member, GZA/The Genius returns to New Zealand. He’ll be at The Studio in Auckland on Saturday, November 11 and San Fran in Wellington, Sunday, November 12. I saw him last time – so good, worth it to hear those mega songs from Liquid Swords alone. But you’ll get key choruses from Wu songs […]Archive
July 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols): NZ Tour (Nov 2017)
PRETTY VACANT! Glen Matlock from the Sex Pistols announces solo New Zealand shows Valhalla Touring and Wotever Events present an evening with Sex Pistol Glen Matlock. Friday 24th November – Auckland at The Tuning Fork Tickets from ticketmaster Saturday 25th November – Wellington at Valhalla Tickets from ticketmasterArchive
December 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: The Best of 2016’s Album Reviews – November
Strange month, November. That election didn’t help things – and we lost Leonard Cohen! And more besides (Leon Russell, Sharon Jones…) I didn’t write a lot of album reviews. I did share a lot of other things though – new essays and blog-posts, think-pieces, album reviews of classic old albums…a bit of theatre reviewing too. […]Archive
November 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman